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How Britain Is Becoming an Isolated Island
LONDON — Europe is once again divided between East and West — only this time the fault line runs through the European Union. The eastern members — most notably Poland and the Baltic states — are clinging fast to the EU in the face of Russian aggression. At the other geographic and political extreme, the United Kingdom is...
Interview With Prominent Putin Critic Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management
On March 5, 2015, the CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, William F. “Bill” Browder made a speech at the Oxford Union describing his personal experiences investing in Russia, the death of Sergei Magnitsky and the kleptocratic nature of Putin’s regime. Browder was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005, when he became...
What Happened To Putin?
MOSCOW, March 13 (Reuters) – A wave of savage mockery broke over President Vladimir Putin across the Internet on Friday, sparked by days of absence from public view, despite official insistence it was business as usual in the Kremlin. State television footage of Putin working at his residence failed to quell the tide of fantastical theories...
Ukraine: Enough with Stale Insider Debates in the Media
To the extent that U.S. media covers Ukraine at all, outlets tend to focus on “what’s good” for “the west” and how “we” can outflank Vladimir Putin. Going overboard with the geopolitical analysis, the media invites wonky policy insiders to discuss how “U.S. interests” should be deployed in the...
The Kremlin’s Kool-Aid
We were nearing the end of dinner when the eminent personage leaned in my direction and began yelling at me. Up to that point, the argument among the five of us at the end of the long table at the restaurant had been heated but at a conversational volume. The fact that we were arguing at all was at least partly my fault. After all, I’d...
IMF Approves $17.5 Billion Credit Program To Save Ukraine From Economic Collapse
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The International Monetary Fund agreed Wednesday to extend $17.5 billion in loans to Ukraine as part of a program designed to pull the country back from the verge of economic collapse. IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said in a statement that the new four-year extended arrangement will support economic stabilization...
How Venezuela Will Be the Ukraine of 2015
President Obama just announced the latest threat to U.S. National Security. And it’s not some country in the Middle East or bordering Russia. It’s Venezuela. And it isn’t just because of actions by the Maduro government. The country is on the verge of being the Ukraine of 2015. As 2013 came to a close, few thought that Ukraine...
The Huffington Post Is Hiring A World Editor
Location: EuropePosition Type: Full TimeAbout the Role: The Huffington Post is looking for an editor based in Europe to help spearhead our international news coverage. This position works alongside our Senior World Editor based in San Francisco.Responsibilities: * Closely monitor major developments around the world and have a deep understanding...
Russian Official Reportedly Says Nation Has The Right To Nuclear Weapons In Crimea
MOSCOW, March 11 (Reuters) – Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday, adding he knew of no plans to do so. “I don’t know if there are nuclear weapons there now. I don’t know about any plans,...
Only a United West Can Stop Putin
MADRID — For some countries, military or political defeat is so intolerable, so humiliating, that they will do whatever it takes to overturn what they view as an unjust international order. One such revisionist power was Egypt, which resolved to undo its 1967 defeat by Israel and regain the Sinai Peninsula. This was ultimately achieved, but...
